Paid Social

Facebook ad clicks and impressions are on the rise. Facebook’s ad clicks increased 70% year-over-year (YoY) and 48% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ). Ad impressions were up 40% YoY and 41% QoQ.

Facebook’s ad CTR increased by a massive 160% YoY and 20% QoQ. However Facebook’s cost per click (CPC) dipped 2% YoY and 11% QoQ following a strong holiday season.

Organic Social 

Brand posts with embedded video gained traction in Q1, with 58% more engagement QoQ and 25% growth YoY. 

Facebook video plays increased 785% YoY and 134% QoQ. This is almost exclusively in thanks to Facebook’s implementation of auto-play in users’ news feeds.

Posts with images provide the highest engagement rate. Posts that include links also rose 167% QoQ and 77% YoY.

In contrast, text-only Facebook brand posts are losing share and engagement. Facebook is prioritising visual content in news feeds and its up to brands to make sure their posts fall in line with this trend.

If you’re interested in timing your output by day, one quarter of videos uploaded to Facebook are played on a Friday and nearly 16% of post impressions also happen on a Friday.

Owned Social

Revenue referred from most social channels to retail sites dropped quarter-over-quarter on every social channel except for Facebook.

Facebook referred revenue per visit is up 11% YoY and 2% QoQ. Facebook had a very successful Q4 2013 according to Kenshoo’s recent report which found that Facebook ads drove 60% increase in sales revenue. This clearly had a lead-in effect in Q1 2014.

Twitter referred revenue per visit is up 5% YoY and down 23% QoQ. Tumblr referred revenue per visit is up 55% YoY, but slumped 36% QoQ. 

Despite Pinterest overtaking Facebook for UK referral revenue in Q4 2013, according to Adobe’s previous social intelligence report, it seems the balance has tipped back in Facebook’s favour. Facebook Is able to provide value all year around, outside of the holiday season.

Read the full report here: Adobe Social Intelligence Report.